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With the looks and the royal lineage to boot, Rascal and his owner high tailed it to Del Mar to compete in the annual Ugly Dog Contest Sunday. Proceeds from the event benefit the Helen Woodward Animal Shelter.

“At first they think he’s ugly and then they think he’s cute,” Andrew said about Rascal's fans. “He grows on them in just seconds.”

According to Andrew, Rascal holds a number of titles including the "Oldest Ugly Dog" out of Fort Bragg, TX, the winner of the Ugly Dog contest at the Citrus Harvest Festival in Highland, Ca. and the winner of the PSCPA's "I'm so Ugly I'm Cute" contest.

Rascal's owner has been interviewed by Jay Leno, Barbara Walters, Jane Pauley, Carson Daly and Kathy Griffin, according to his IMDB site.